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About 2,000 people defied the ban to join a memorial rally in the city centre Paris Saturday for a black man who died in police custody, while rallies took place throughout France To denounce police brutality, as tensions escalate after days of riots gripped the country.
Seven years after death Adam TraoreHis sister had planned to lead an annual memorial march north of Paris in Persanne and Beaumont-sur-Oise.
But fearing to re-ignite the recent unrest sparked by the police, Nahil M. 17-year-old at a traffic stop near Paris, a court ruled that the chance of public unrest was too great to allow the march to proceed.
In a video posted to Twitter, Adama’s older sister, Asa Traoré, denounced the decision.
“The government decided to add fuel to the fire” and “disrespect the death of my little brother,” she said.
Instead, she attended a rally in the Place de la Republique in central Paris to say “to the whole world that our dead have a right to exist, even to die.”
“We are marching for young people to denounce police violence. They want to hide our death,” she said at the rally, which was attended by many lawmakers.
“They authorize neo-Nazi rallies but they don’t allow us to march. France cannot give us moral lessons. Its police are racist and violent,” she said.
Police said the Paris rally was also banned on the grounds that it might disturb public order and opened a lawsuit against Assa Traoré for organizing the event.
“Public freedoms are taking a step back little by little,” said Sandrine Russo, a lawmaker from the EELV Green party.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the outspoken head of the radical left-wing party France, criticized the government on Twitter.
“From ban to repression…the leader is leading France into a regime we have already seen. Danger. Danger,” he wrote on Twitter, referring to the World War II regime of Vichy leader Philippe Pétain who collaborated with the Nazis.
Many in the march chanted “Justice for Nahal” before quietly dispersing later in the afternoon.
But the police said that one of Assa Traoré’s brothers was arrested on suspicion of committing acts of violence against a person holding public authority, without elaborating.
He also held about 30 demonstrations against police violence across France, including in the southern port city of Marseille and in Strasbourg in the east. The authorities in Lille banned an assembly.
Numerous trade unions, political parties and associations have called on supporters to join Traoré’s rally as France slams allegations of institutionalized racism in the police ranks following the shooting of Nael M.
Traoré, then 24, died shortly after his arrest in 2016, sparking several nights of unrest that were similar to the week-long riots that broke out across the country in the wake of Nael’s shooting.
The youth’s death on June 27 sparked long-standing accusations of systemic racism among security forces, and a United Nations panel urged France to ban racial profiling.
On Saturday, the State Department denied what it called the committee’s “excessive” and “baseless” remarks.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 18 independent experts – on Friday asked France to pass legislation defining and banning racial profiling, questioning the “excessive use of force by law enforcement”.
The ministry responded that “any racial profiling by law enforcement is prohibited in France,” adding that “the struggle against excesses in racial profiling has intensified.”
Far-right parties have linked the most severe and widespread riots in France since 2005 to mass immigration and demanded restrictions on newcomers.
Campaign groups say Saturday’s “citizens’ marches” will be an opportunity for people to express their “sadness and anger” at discriminatory police policies, especially in working-class neighborhoods.
More than 3,700 people have been in police custody in connection with the protests since Nael’s death, including at least 1,160 minors, according to official figures.
Seven years after death Adam TraoreHis sister had planned to lead an annual memorial march north of Paris in Persanne and Beaumont-sur-Oise.
But fearing to re-ignite the recent unrest sparked by the police, Nahil M. 17-year-old at a traffic stop near Paris, a court ruled that the chance of public unrest was too great to allow the march to proceed.
In a video posted to Twitter, Adama’s older sister, Asa Traoré, denounced the decision.
“The government decided to add fuel to the fire” and “disrespect the death of my little brother,” she said.
Instead, she attended a rally in the Place de la Republique in central Paris to say “to the whole world that our dead have a right to exist, even to die.”
“We are marching for young people to denounce police violence. They want to hide our death,” she said at the rally, which was attended by many lawmakers.
“They authorize neo-Nazi rallies but they don’t allow us to march. France cannot give us moral lessons. Its police are racist and violent,” she said.
Police said the Paris rally was also banned on the grounds that it might disturb public order and opened a lawsuit against Assa Traoré for organizing the event.
“Public freedoms are taking a step back little by little,” said Sandrine Russo, a lawmaker from the EELV Green party.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the outspoken head of the radical left-wing party France, criticized the government on Twitter.
“From ban to repression…the leader is leading France into a regime we have already seen. Danger. Danger,” he wrote on Twitter, referring to the World War II regime of Vichy leader Philippe Pétain who collaborated with the Nazis.
Many in the march chanted “Justice for Nahal” before quietly dispersing later in the afternoon.
But the police said that one of Assa Traoré’s brothers was arrested on suspicion of committing acts of violence against a person holding public authority, without elaborating.
He also held about 30 demonstrations against police violence across France, including in the southern port city of Marseille and in Strasbourg in the east. The authorities in Lille banned an assembly.
Numerous trade unions, political parties and associations have called on supporters to join Traoré’s rally as France slams allegations of institutionalized racism in the police ranks following the shooting of Nael M.
Traoré, then 24, died shortly after his arrest in 2016, sparking several nights of unrest that were similar to the week-long riots that broke out across the country in the wake of Nael’s shooting.
The youth’s death on June 27 sparked long-standing accusations of systemic racism among security forces, and a United Nations panel urged France to ban racial profiling.
On Saturday, the State Department denied what it called the committee’s “excessive” and “baseless” remarks.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 18 independent experts – on Friday asked France to pass legislation defining and banning racial profiling, questioning the “excessive use of force by law enforcement”.
The ministry responded that “any racial profiling by law enforcement is prohibited in France,” adding that “the struggle against excesses in racial profiling has intensified.”
Far-right parties have linked the most severe and widespread riots in France since 2005 to mass immigration and demanded restrictions on newcomers.
Campaign groups say Saturday’s “citizens’ marches” will be an opportunity for people to express their “sadness and anger” at discriminatory police policies, especially in working-class neighborhoods.
More than 3,700 people have been in police custody in connection with the protests since Nael’s death, including at least 1,160 minors, according to official figures.
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